ABSTRACT
Elizabeth Carey, the second daughter of Thomas Carey, married John Mordaunt, created afterwards Viscount Mordaunt, in 1656. Extremely pious, she kept a personal diary in her own handwriting in which she provides a fascinating insight into her feelings. Elizabeth closely examined her emotions in the light of the various events that shaped her life: from joy at the restoration of the English monarchy to relief at the end of a lawsuit that had opposed her husband and his brother and finally the acute anxieties she experienced at the illnesses of her children.
